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THE 100 GREATEST AMERICANS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
By: Peter Dreier
A Social Justice Hall of Fame [
Nation Books
July 2012
On Sale: June 26, 2012
500 pages
ISBN: 1568586817
EAN: 9781568586816
Kindle: B0080K3GDK
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Non-Fiction Biography
A hundred years ago, any soapbox orator who called for womenβs suffrage, laws protecting the environment, an end to lynching, or a federal minimum wage was considered a utopian dreamer or a dangerous socialist. Now we take these ideas for grantedβ because the radical ideas of one generation are often the common sense of the next. We all stand on the shoulders of earlier generations of radicals and reformers who challenged the status quo of their day. Unfortunately, most Americans know little of this progressive history. It isnβt taught in most high schools. You canβt find it on the major television networks. In popular media, the most persistent interpreter of Americaβs radical past is Glenn Beck, who teaches viewers a wildly inaccurate history of unions, civil rights, and the American Left. The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century, a colorful and witty history of the most influential progressive leaders of the twentieth century and beyond, is the perfect antidote.
 Media BuzzThe O'Reilly Factor - August 8, 2012
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